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According to the MSDS the Simple Green doesn’t have citric acid but it does have sodium pyrophosphate which is as much of an acid as the sulfonic acid esters in Simple Green, i.e. not at all. There is no actual sulfuric acid in the soap and the pH is 9. The Simple Green is 10 but in either case...

The main ingredient in the Simple Green is phosphoric acid and various alcohols…

Yeah, I saw the preliminary report on the FAA website and just a few minutes ago saw that one. Not sure why it said propeller since they hit the rudders of a bunch of planes.

N685VM, owned by Thrive Aviation. Their callsign with ATC was "Thrive 685"

That’s what I’m worried about. We have a good mechanic who is already going to take it apart to look for that sort of stuff. Being from a family of lawyers, we’re already fully expecting to sue.

The plane was parked at the FBO when drove by so he’s somewhere around.

I just got to the airport and you’ll be happy to know that N11228 wasn’t hit, at least.

It's kind of complicated. He was coming in to the FBO behind where I park. Inexplicably, they decided that taxiway A, which is a movement area and leads directly towards a hangar with a gigantic and extremely obvious sign for the FBO they were going to, wasn't right, and turned left past the FBO...

I don't think the plane flew again. Is there something to suggest he did and I missed it? FlightAware shows no new flights after last night from that plane.

Yeah we already talked to them. Our mechanic who coincidentally already needed the plane today is inspecting it as well.

I haven't been to the airport yet today but based on where it looks to be tied down, it's probably one of the ones that got hit.

I believe it's Chicago Executive Flight School, since a bunch of their planes are parked right next to mine and we're right in front of the building they're in but it might be Windy City Aviation. The FAA is looking into it because the tower was still active and the ground controller saw the...

It’s KPWK, July 1 at 0200 and 0230 on LiveATC. I have a zip file with the relevant recordings if that would be easier. Not sure why but when I try to link the recordings it doesn’t work right.

If you’re willing to do some DIY electronics I can explain how to build a system with a flow totalizer / flowmeter, controller, and shutoff valve. Those ones on Amazon are pretty unbelievably expensive.

And in case anyone was wondering, the guy also hit at least 5 flight school airplanes as well.

Sorry I meant that in a sense of “just my luck, what else could go wrong” not that I was going to commit insurance fraud!

Since it’s powered by a USB cable, I’d think that any kind of permanent installation is pretty pointless. Maybe if you modified it to have a more permanent connection to the source of power it would make sense but I seriously doubt it’s something people have done before. If your plane has a...

From LiveATC I was able to figure out their number. I'm sure I would have gotten it in the morning but it's nice knowing I know who it was now.

I have no idea. I got an email at midnight about damage to the plane from the airport. Looks like it was probably a Citation or similar since I'm right in front of that kind of FBO and based on how high up the damage is. Too low to be a Cessna wing, obviously way too high to be a Piper or...

No, someone hit my plane while it was tied down.